Recommended Resources

Amy Tiemann has created a new online resource for mothers at www.MojoMom.com.

Gavin de Becker (www.gavindebecker.com) has written two incredibly valuable books:

Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane) and

The Gift of Fear: Survival Signs that Protect us From Violence

Jan Wagner has a good web site (www.yellodyno.com) and book:

Raising Safe Kids in an Unsafe World: 30 Simple Ways to Prevent Your Child from Becoming Lost, Abducted, or Abused

Her Yello Dyno safety program features a musical recording, "Can’t Fool Me!" that reinforces safety skills.

Kidpower International provides training and information. Kidpower is a great hands-on program that does not yet offer classes in North Carolina. Their web site (www.kidpower.org) contains a great deal of useful information.

Child Lures web site (www.childlures.com) offers information on child safety, focusing on avoiding predators.

SafeSkills (www.safeskills.com) is a self-defense training center located in Durham. SafeSkills offers a broad-based approach to personal safety which includes observational, verbal and physical self-protection skills.

The Orange County Rape Crisis Center (www.ocrcc.org) dedicates itself to ending sexual violence by providing educational services to promote the awareness and prevention of sexual violence, and by supporting its victims.

Crisis Line (staffed 24 hours a day): (919) 967-7273

For more information on general safety issues, the Centers of Disease Control sponsors the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Their web site (www.cdc.gov/ncipc) can answer almost any question about injury, or direct you to another site that can.

A free, searchable database of sexual offenders by state, address, or name is available at www.publicrecordfinder.com/criminal.html. You can enter your city or zip code, for example, and pull up the names, addresses, and criminal records of registered sexual offenders living in your area.